Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 384 World Upgrade
Avalon Barrier.

As Duncan seized Tiamat's broken soul, streams of original sin turned into filth and surged toward his arm. This black filth possessed extremely strong corrosive and penetrating power. Even though Duncan was now fighting in the form of an archangel, he was still gradually corrupted by it, and it seeped into his soul bit by bit.

However, Duncan showed no panic whatsoever; in fact, after experiencing it for a moment, he even showed a hint of surprise!
This pollution.

Simply awesome!
Duncan sensed the desires within Tiamat's remnant soul, centered on the most primal desire for procreation, intertwined with the evils of this world, a fusion of many desires. The most fundamental forces were not complex: one was the primal biological instinct for reproduction, and the other was her anger that wanted to destroy the world.

For Duncan, both of these are things he can digest.

Anger is also a very important emotion.

If even anger is gone, then it has truly become a complete law.

After the filth of original sin seeped into Duncan's body, his archangel appearance also changed. He lost his holy aura and gained a dark golden blood color, like a fallen Lucifer. However, Lucifer was arrogant, while he was angry, the anger that came from Tiamat.

The angelic appearance has been corrupted.

Fallen Angel Form.

But this is not enough.

Duncan guided this power into his consciousness, and even took the initiative to send down a wisp of divine thought from his dimensional self to digest the many desires within it.

Ah!
desire.

Human desires.

Bestial desires.

Duncan's appearance had completely changed. A pair of blood-red angel wings slowly unfurled. After digesting the black mud gushing out of Tiamat's body, he even looked somewhat relaxed and cheerful, and an extremely strong life force burst forth.

Humanity and bestiality intertwined, and were ultimately absorbed by Duncan himself, becoming part of his soul.

"Can humanity really be replenished in this way?"

Above the dimension.

Duncan looked slightly surprised. He felt a primal force. After absorbing Tiamat's bestiality and humanity, he directly suppressed his own divine side and regained many of his gradually fading emotions.

The principle behind this is not complicated. It's like when a person gets sick and their body becomes weak, their libido gradually decreases or even disappears.

Living too long and experiencing too much can lead to a gradual fading of many emotions as one enters old age.

This is the loss of humanity, the erosion of our human nature.

Duncan, on the other hand, was the complete opposite; he was simply too strong.

As Duncan mastered more and more domain laws and divine authority, his divine aspect became stronger and stronger, while his human and bestial aspects declined and were suppressed.

If a deity is dominated by its human and animalistic aspects, it is very easy for it to fall into evil.

However, if one is completely dominated by the divine aspect, then one will deeply merge with the laws, and ultimately the divine aspect will overwhelm the human aspect, becoming the kind of being that has almost no emotions in the eyes of the world. Duncan himself showed signs of the gradual decline of his human aspect, but now that he has digested the black mud in Tiamat's soul, it seems that he has recharged his humanity.

His joys and sorrows became increasingly clear, and his personal desires also revived.

Some beings define themselves as gods, rejecting all human joys and sorrows, and even gradually erasing human desires. But Duncan is completely different. He never rejects these things, and his emotional indifference is largely due to his rapid ascension to divinity.

This vitality made him feel like he was back in his youth, experiencing the passionate emotions and human impulses that came with it.

Even gods decay.

Although it is not the physical body, if the soul is covered in dust and does not receive a constant infusion of vitality, it will gradually become indifferent.

The laws that Duncan governs are relatively mild. If he were to merge with the laws of death, then he would become exactly what the Grim Reapers of the past were like.

"So, I still need the field of life to maintain its own vitality."

"Is the emotional realm needed to maintain the anchor of humanity?"

Anchor points are important.

Duncan needs to consider what kind of god he wants to become. If he is like Mithra, who can split his self into multiple personalities, then nothing else matters. He doesn't need to be human, as long as he still exists.

He has seen many deities so far, some who do not desire human self, and others who uphold human self.

Given Duncan's personality, not having control over his divine appearance would be considered a form of personality disorder.

Not to mention the goddesses Athena, Minerva, and Sully, whose faces directly distinguished three different personalities.

"This wave of humanity should last a long time."

Ascending to godhood is not fundamentally different from ascending to demonhood.

Even the succubus queen Mechanshute, who dwells in the bottomless abyss, values ​​her own vigorous sexual desire the most, because the decline of this desire means that she will gradually decay.

A tall, voluptuous phantom of a soul was captured by Duncan and brought to the dimensional level.

—The remnant soul of Tiamat [the Mother Goddess of Creation]?!

The soul extracted from Duncan was in human form, but after falling into evil, it also had a beastly form, similar to a combination of a dragon and a giant serpent. It needs to be infused with both humanity and bestiality to be awakened.

Tiamat in human form possesses a pair of enormous dragon horns and wears a magnificent yet revealing robe, a depiction reminiscent of ancient Mesopotamian priests. Her high breasts and long, muscular legs symbolize the remnants of a matriarchal society. Her face, reflected in the shadows, differs from the maternal and loving countenance of the transformed Avalon nymph. Tiamat's face exudes a hint of evil and allure, with only indifference and rage in her blood-red pupils—the essence of bestiality. Her bestial nature outweighs her humanity, which is why she has fallen into evil.

Under the reflection of the endless starry sky, Duncan's true form is held up in his palm.

In the hands of the dark giant who was actually him, Tiamat's remnant soul was held in his palm, like a lifelike figurine.

"It's a very good collectible."

"Maybe it will come in handy sometime."

Duncan could use her to recreate Tiamat's appearance, or he could refine her, just as a demonic cultivator could absorb the soul of another person.

A huge display stand appeared.

Duncan's true form gazed upon the space of one of the divine realms, created a dimensional plane beside it, and then placed Tiamat's soul into it. On the other side of this display, there were two hazy soul reflections, like demons engraved in the void: one was the Benevolent Mother of the Great Ming Cult, and the other was Lu Qiongxian, who served him.

Duncan also absorbed a portion of the souls of these two individuals, transforming them into collectibles, or rather, 'otherworldly messengers' attached to his original self.

This is the archive, and the backup.

The Kingdom of God will never perish.

Even if the otherworldly divine messenger is killed, he can be resurrected.

Duncan's research in this area has only just begun. After all, he has not yet delved into the entire system of faith and divine kingdoms, nor created his own otherworldly messenger (heavenly demon). He is still in the initial exploratory stage.

The inherent barrier gradually dissipated.

As Duncan's will returned to reality, everything seemed as if it had never happened, leaving only Gilgamesh staring blankly at his shattered artifact.

Duncan was too lazy to deal with him anymore.

He turned to look at the other side of Paris. Napoleon's spirit had already defeated many opponents. His potential was terrifying. After gaining the support of revolutionary ideals with the tricolor flag symbolizing liberty, equality, and fraternity, even Artoria, who did not have the sword of Excalibur, was no match for him.

Ultimately, Napoleon seized the fruits of the revolution.

Based on the ideals of the new era, the fragments of the Holy Grail, symbolizing freedom, equality, and fraternity, have coalesced in reality to form a projected Holy Grail.

Ironically, Napoleon probably intended to use it to realize his ambitions and seize the 'imperial throne'.

The revolution brought forth a French emperor.

Yuan Shikai gave it a thumbs up.

"The Greater Grail is almost ready to be formed."

Duncan's expression held a hint of curiosity as he descended from the sky, looking down at the spirit form of Napoleon before him—a product of a time paradox, the future Napoleon who had suffered a Waterloo on a certain timeline.

The spirit Napoleon held the appearing Holy Grail, his expression conflicted. He glanced into the distance, summoning his own Napoleon Bonaparte, and then looked at the Holy Grail in his hand.

What would he do?
Can I use the power of this Holy Grail myself?

Or should it be handed over to the current Napoleon?

After a long struggle, the spirit of Napoleon raised the French tricolor flag, let out a soft sigh, and murmured, "My era has come to an end."

Even if we win the Holy Grail, so what?

His comrades who had fought alongside him against all of Europe were all dead; he was merely a lonely soul summoned by an anomaly in time and space.

He gazed at Duncan before him, handed the Holy Grail to the guard beside him, and slowly said, "Are you the guardian of this era?"

Duncan shook his head and said calmly, "No. I am just the adjudicator."

Which timeline are you from?

Upon hearing this, the spirit of Napoleon had a somewhat subtle expression and said softly, "In my time, there was no Duncan the Great."

understood.

The timeline extending from the Carolingian Empire is the original Napoleon in history.

The changes triggered by the world's upgrade have brought about turbulence in time and space.

"If the laws of time loosen further."

"Could this lead to someone being able to travel back in time and directly encounter me from that period?"

"wrong."

"No one has yet been able to bypass the supervision of immortal heroes and move through the river of time."

"But it's not impossible that this will happen in the future."

"If we want to avoid these troubles, the best way is to have a certificate that is valid forever!" "Past, present, and future."

"All timelines are converging towards my present self. Any being with time manipulation abilities who interferes with anything related to me will face my 'one proof, eternal proof' self."

One proof is eternal proof, which means locking in the law of cause and effect.

No matter how things change, he is destined to be a saint, a god above gods.

Even if someone travels to the past, they cannot escape his watchful eye. In fact, he exists simultaneously in the past, present, and future.

Napoleon at present can summon Napoleon from a future timeline.

Then there is also a possibility.

As the laws of time loosen, Duncan may be summoned to a future timeline by someone from the future.

This is how the immortals move within the river of time after the laws of time have loosened.

We are now at a node, constantly moving forward. The path we have taken is the established reality, while the branches that branch out are parallel worlds derived from time and space.

The structure of a high-magic world is never a simple straight line.

Once the world upgrade is complete.

With the moment of ascension as the starting point, the existence of parallel worlds became a possibility.

"He seems to intend to use the Holy Grail to achieve his ambitions."

Duncan looked towards Napoleon Bonaparte in the distance. The look in his eyes at that moment, after obtaining the Holy Grail, was as if some ambitious person had obtained the Imperial Seal of the State.

He gazed at the gradually dissipating spirit of Napoleon before him and said calmly, "Would you be interested in becoming one of my angels?"

If Napoleon Bonaparte obtains the Holy Grail, he will successfully launch the Coup of 18 Brumaire and will inevitably become emperor in the future.

He and the Heroic Spirit Napoleon formed an unsolvable time paradox: one of them must disappear because the present self and the future self cannot coexist, and the Heroic Spirits' Spirit Origins are also different.

Perhaps decades from now.

Based on the current experiences of Napoleon Bonaparte Duncan, another Napoleon with a Spirit Origin will appear in the future.

The heroic spirit Napoleon before us, as a product of obsession, anomalies, and spacetime disturbances, is destined to be corrected by the world's restraining force, that is, to be erased.

Unless there is something higher than the world's restraining force that transfers its essence elsewhere.

For example, Duncan's dimensional space, a storage room for a collection of figurines.

Die now?

Or was it collected by Duncan as a figurine?
Perhaps one day in the future I will be able to enter reality, or be reborn as a divine servant in another world of the divine kingdom?
Duncan handed the choice to the heroic spirit of Napoleon before him.

If he refuses.

Duncan would kill him with his own hands.

Because the immortals are responsible for maintaining the normal operation of the world's laws, the world's suppressive force requires them to eliminate anomalies.

The spirit of Napoleon fell silent.

After a moment, he slowly knelt down on one knee and said with a wry smile, "Existence is always better than extinction."

well.

Those who know the current affairs are handsome.

Duncan, in his fallen angel form, tore open a rift in reality. The next second, it was as if a terrifying void attraction, like a giant hand, grabbed the heroic spirit Napoleon before him, even pulling away the very foundation of his summoning and the essence of his heroic spirit form, directly extracting it into the dimensional plane.

Under the reflection of the endless starry sky.

Duncan himself now has another lifelike and exquisite figurine in his hand, which is the essence of the heroic spirit Napoleon, representing his life experience, from his ascension to the throne to his defeat at Waterloo, and finally his lonely death.

Although it was an anomaly, the soul of the Heroic Spirit Napoleon was intact, as if that timeline really existed.

Duncan's true form tore open a dimensional space, storing the spirit of the Heroic Spirit Napoleon in a stagnant void. There was no passage of time or any matter in it; it was purely a dimensional concept, existing simultaneously in the past, present, and future.

It's the same as Duncan's original form.

These figurines can only be taken out and placed at a specific point in time when he needs them—the past, the present, or even the future.

"I didn't expect you to have so many figurines," the voice of the Three Corpses rang out.

Hearing the words of the Three Corpses.

Duncan slowly turned his head, his expression a half-smile, gazing at the reflection in his mind's eye.

Suffer!
I'll teach you to be so foul-mouthed.

Now he's really in trouble.

The three corpses were filled with regret, wishing they could slap themselves. But just by looking at the expression on the main body's face, they knew they were in for trouble.

really.

next second.

Duncan pulled the three corpses directly from his sea of ​​consciousness and said in a calm voice, "It will hurt a little from now on, so you'd better bear with it."

No!
The three corpses suddenly let out a shrill scream.

Duncan's primordial spirit seemed to be stirring up the timeline. As the world advanced, he also began to explore the concepts of time and space. Under the painful and dazed gazes of the three corpses, one Duncan after another was separated from him.

He cut off a period of time and memories from the Three Corpses from a dimension above!

Then, the three corpses felt as if a part of them was missing. In their aggrieved expression, a young Duncan appeared, still wearing his high school uniform, looking extremely shocked and staring blankly at everything in front of him.

My sixteen-year-old self.

Duncan seemed lost in thought, but quickly regained his senses. He swung his hand again, slashing down as if it were a knife, and another part of the three corpses was cut off.

Time and memory gradually merge.

From the three corpses, a vibrant Duncan emerged, a version of himself in college, untouched by the harsh realities of life yet retaining the youthful spirit of his younger days.

Myself at twenty.

As time and memory were separated, the appearance of the Three Corpses immediately became decadent. His face was full of vicissitudes and bitterness, numb and tired, and even had thick dark circles under his eyes. He looked weak and powerless, and just looked at the original body in front of him with grievance.

My twenty-six-year-old self, after being brutally beaten by society, is also the last version of myself before entering another dimension.

The youthful vigor and high spirits of yesteryear have all been worn away by reality.

The Three Corpses are based on him.

The resentment of the cattle and horses directly caused the three corpses to first manifest the appearance of evil corpses.

"I was so naive when I was young."

"No."

Duncan snapped his fingers, and his sixteen-year-old self transformed into a stream of light, merging into the three corpses. The three corpses seemed to regain some vitality, immediately perking up and shouting, "What are you doing?!"

"How can you so crudely shatter memories to create an avatar?"

Duncan remained silent, gazing at his twenty-year-old self, and slowly said, "Do you remember the bet we made?"

The three corpses frowned and asked cautiously, "You want to use him to experience the past lives?"

Duncan nodded and said, "This is the perfect time for me."

One is too young, one is too old, one acts impulsively, and one is lethargic. The memories anchored by the three corpses contain too many negative emotions.

The Three Corpses asked incredulously, "What do you plan to do?"

Duncan calmly said, "Based on my memories from this period, I will create a person's three souls and seven spirits, and you and I will each infuse a portion of the soul essence into it, and send it into the third world we have explored to be reincarnated."

The part of humanity he lacked actually resided in the Three Corpses, which is why the Three Corpses possessed such a rich array of emotions.

Upon hearing this, the Three Corpses murmured, "Why do this?"

Duncan calmly said, "I'll grant you one wish as compensation for my past self."

"You know."

"I can't keep you here for long."

He didn't follow the path of cultivating immortality. Lao Tzu could sever his benevolent self and transform into the Supreme Lord Lao, but Duncan couldn't. He couldn't accept the split between his personality and appearance. His three corpses could only merge with him, which also represented his return to his humanity.

There can be many human incarnations as tools, but there can only be one controlling consciousness; Duncan can only be one.

He is not Mithra.

Duncan can create an external avatar, but he must have the ability to recall and erase it at any time.

Personality dysphoria?

This is absolutely impossible; great unification is a must.

The third plane that Duncan explored was the most special because that planet was the monster itself, and humans were all parasites on it. If he entered directly, it might awaken the monster because it was too big. Therefore, the safest way was to create a soul, reincarnate it, and sneak in.

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(End of this chapter)